Erin's last chance

[smartorl]

Please take a moment if you have a facebook to like and share this page please.
Erin is a friend of mine. She is a young girl who has already had one kidney transplant that has failed. She has run out of options as far as dialysis options as her grafts and ports keep failing. Right now, she is counting down to death unless a donor is found.
In addition to Erin there are so many others in the same situation, it's heartbreaking. It only takes a moment to be tested and typed but could save a life.
Here is the contact:
Barbara Loiselle
University Hospital, Cleveland
(216) 844-2773
reference: Erin Moore
Erin has never really had a normal life and she so deserves one. She has followed one of her dreams and had enrolled in vet tech school and has been going in spite of being told it's impossible.
Here is her post after I crossposted it on a forum we are both members of, it says it all:




Thanks for posting this. The situation is becoming rather desperate and "grave" if I may use that term. I may not live long enough to see peritoneal dialysis due to an abdominal surgery I had 3 weeks ago to repair an incisional hernia I've had that was causing some issues. I lost my graft the week after that surgery unexpectedly and now they've run out of options for permanent access for hemo and I have to wait 6 months before they can place a peritoneal dialysis port. If I lose this temp hemo port between now and Feb/March, there may be nothing they can do to save my life as radiology reports from a procedure I had done today indicate that I've also exhausted all venues for temp hemo ports as well.
I need a kidney. Sadly because of the numerous blood products and past transplant that I've had, my chances of finding a match in this country is about 0.2%. Perhaps it could be someone here? I'm begging anyone who is able to please call the number above and ask how you can help. I am not ready to die.

 

[michaeltx]

This type of thing really saddens me every time I see these things posted. It does not matter if I know them or not An adult is bad enough but to here of a child is a million times worse. And for a child to understand what some of these disease and cancers are is just heart breaking to say the least.
My prayers will be with her and her family for a miracle to happen and she gets what she needs to be a child again.
Mike

 

[meowzer]

My prayers are with them

 

[btldreef]

So sad. My thoughts are with her. Organ donation is close to my heart, my best friend would not be alive today if it weren't for an organ donor. My husbands mother wasn't so lucky, she received a liver donation and her body rejected it :-(

 

[smartorl]

It is so sad. She is terrified and that just rips your heart out of your chest.
For me, some people pass but you can take comfort in knowing that they lived the life they loved.
Erin hasn't had that luxury. Every day has been a struggle and she endures so much pain as just a part of the life she knows.
As a mother with a child close in age to her, it hurts because aside from age there is no comparison, she has missed so much.
People have been cruel pointing out that she will likely only get 15 years out of the transplant. 15 years of normal life would be a lifetime to her and a dream come true.

 

[flower]

That is the saddest thing...she already lost one kidney that was transplanted, how much can one child endure? My prayers are with her and her family as well. Her note sounds so much older than her years. May God grant our prayers, and hear her cry for help.

 

[siptang]

I nearly cried reading this...
As a person, who had lost a loved one, my heart really goes out to her and her family..
I will light a candle for her today and pray for her with my wife tonight.

 

[travelerjp98]

That's really, really sad. I hope that she can find a donor match.

 

[rainbow grouper]

Tell her that everyone here is praying and hoping for her. Just tell her that at the moment, until she finds a transplant the only thing that can keep her alive is PMA ( positive mental attitude) she has it. Tell her to keep it.

 

[tirtza]

smartorl thank you so much for posting this information. I stumbled accross this thread and it really puts everything in perspective. I'm signed up to be an organ donor on my license, but I never thought about the fact that I don't actually have to wait and die for that to happen. I feel compelled to look into this further, whether it helps Erin or somebody else it feels like the right thing to do. In the mean time, Erin will certainly be in my prayers.